Around 1987, toy company LJN released a game console known as the VideoArt. All of the games were very simple paint programs with the difference being the pictures that were resented to be colored in. This cartridge contains pictures of various dolls. I have included images of the circuit board. I have also added a scan of the manual. I do not have the necessary expertise to dump the ROMs, and there is no working emulation. Thus, I have tried to preserve the content in other ways. All...
Topics: LJN, Videoart, dolls, game cartridge
This was a VHS game released for the Bandai Telebikko game console (or Terebikko) in 1988. The Telebikko was a very simple game console in the shape of a phone with four buttons. As the tape played, the characters asked the player questions, and an audio tone from the tape told the console which button corresponded to the correct answer. Then, the user would choose the button that matched their chosen answer and the console speaker would let them know if they were correct.
Topics: Japanese, VHS, edutainment, telebikko, terebikko
This is intended as preservation for the "Video Buddy" game console and the "Muppet Babies" TV show.This was taken from a tape on the Video Buddy edutainment game console, which used VHS tapes containing full episodes of children's shows. These episodes then had breaks inserted where the Video Buddy character would ask what the child learned. The child used the controller to give their answers, and would receive responses depending on whether they were correct.
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Topics: 1990s, game console, VHS, FMV, trivia, Video Buddy, muppets
Around 1998, YES! Entertainment Corporation, Shoot the Moon Products Inc, and Alchemy II Inc worked together to produce a new iteration of the Teddy Ruxpin animatronic teddy bear. In this version, there were six VHS movies, which were abridged re-releases of the original 1980s movies. In this release, there was a "TV Talk Box" that hooked up to both the VCR and the Teddy Ruxpin toy. The VHS tape contained an alternate audio track, which appears to have been hidden in the VHS hi-fi...
Topics: 1990s, Teddy Ruxpin, animatronic, teddy bear, VHS
This was part of a line of educational VHS tapes from the late 1980s. The tape apparently dates to 1988. The first half features an ape having a birthday party while teaching the viewer the ABCs. The second half features a video storybook of two children who find their way to "Rainbowland". In this world, everything, including the people are made of simple shapes and colors. The company, Tele-Story, also produced sets of educational audio cassette tapes and books during the early...
Topics: Superscope, Tele-Story, VHS, 1980s, educational, cartoon, video storybook
The View-Master Interactive Vision was a children's edutainment console from 1988. The games were held on VHS tapes consisted of VHS footage with computer graphics generated over the footage. This was done by playing the tape in the VCR and passing the video signal through the console. The console would identify game code hidden in the video signal (the barcode on the right side of the frame) and use this to generate the graphics in real time. This enabled a mixture of full-motion-video and...
Topics: View-Master Interactive Vision, Sesame Street, VMIV
After the success of the original Mego 2-XL in the early 80s, the toy company Tiger decided to bring it back in early 90s. The Tiger 2-XL used compact cassettes split into four mono programs, rather than the 8-track tapes of the original. It mostly consisted of educational games and "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories. The tape "Agenti Segreti e Detective" (or Secret Agents and Detectives) was released for the Tiger 2-XL robot in Italy in 1992. It does not appear to have an...
Topics: 1990s, Tiger, Gig, trivia
This is intended as preservation for the "Video Buddy" game console and the "Big Comfy Couch" TV show. This was taken from a tape on the Video Buddy edutainment game console, which used VHS tapes containing full episodes of children's shows. These episodes then had breaks inserted where the Video Buddy character would ask what the child learned. The child used the controller to give their answers, and would receive responses depending on whether they were correct.
Topics: Big Comfy Couch, Video Buddy, 1990s, VHS, game console
In 1993, the company YES! Entertainment produced an animatronic talking bear called TV Teddy. He came with special VHS tapes with a hidden audio track. This audio track was placed on the left side of the video frame. A special transmitter box was connected in between the VCR and TV. This transmitter box was able to take the hidden audio from the tapes and transmit it wirelessly to TV Teddy. This allowed him to talk and move, while appearing to interact with the content on the tape. TV Teddy's...
Topics: 1990s, animatronic, bear, berenstain bears, VHS
This was one of the VHS tapes produced for the Connor Videosmarts game console, released in 1986 by Connor Electronics. The one focuses on teaching young children about colors and shapes
Topics: puppets, educational, videosmarts, computersmarts
The Mego 2-XL Robot was a toy robot which used 8-track tape cartridges to play trivia games. The four different programs were swapped between over the course of the game as the player selected different answers. This enabled the robot to give feedback based on the different answers. This cartridge was used to play a game with 2-XL in which the player dropped counters on a small tray that attached to the front of 2-XL. The objective was to create a triangle out of three counters. Dropping the...
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Topics: Mego, 2-XL, robot, edutainment
The Mego 2-XL Robot was a toy robot which used 8-track tape cartridges to play trivia games. The four different programs were swapped between over the course of the game as the player selected different answers. This enabled the robot to give feedback based on the different answers. This cartridge was aimed at children from ages 4 to 8. It contains two programs, with both holding very simple questions for that age group. For example, we have a question on what the child should wear on their...
Topics: pre-school, young children, mego, edutainment
The Mego 2-XL Robot was a toy robot which used 8-track tape cartridges to play trivia games. The four different programs were swapped between over the course of the game as the player selected different answers. This enabled the robot to give feedback based on the different answers. This was the second of two tapes used with "Robotstronomy", which was one of the board games that worked with the 2-XL robot. In this game, you move forward or backward a number of squares on the board as...
Topics: Mego, 2-XL, edutainment, 1980s, board game
This was one of the VHS tapes produced for the Connor Videosmarts game console, released in 1986 by Connor Electronics. This one deals with counting to 20, as well as more comparisons.
Topics: puppets, educational, videosmarts, computersmarts
Title - Monstres Mythes Et Dinosaures Catalog ID - Unknown System - Tiger 2-XL Robot Year - 1992 Languages - French Scan Info: DPI - 1200 Bit Depth - 24 RAW - Yes Scanner make & model - Epson V600 Items scanned - Tape and Box Post Processing: TIFF - Untouched with ICC/ICM profile attached
Topics: Raw, 1200DPI, Tiger, Tiger 2-XL, Tiger 2-XL Robot, Cartridge, VGSC, VGPC, VGDB, Box
Around 1987, toy company LJN released a game console known as the VideoArt. All of the games were very simple paint programs with the difference being the pictures that were presented to be colored in. Here are several pictures of the board. I am supplying them in an effort to document the hardware used. 7805CSP is a standard 5v voltage regulator. EF6805R2P is an implementation of the Motorola 6805 microprocessor. EF9367P is a Graphics Display Processor produced by Thomson. The D41416C-15...
Topics: LJN, Videoart
The Milton-Bradley Omni Entertainment System was a game console releasedin 1980 that used 8-track tapes. The games were mostly based around trivia with people such as Pat Summerall and Vincent Price recording the questions. The tapes contained the audio for the questions, as well as programming data.The tapes are in stereo, but the Omni's mono speaker allowed it to switch between the two tracks depending on how the game progressed. Because I am supplying raw rips of these tapes from an 8-track...
Topics: Vincent Price, trivia, family game, milton-bradley
Around 1987, toy company LJN released a game console known as the VideoArt. All of the games were very simple paint programs with the difference being the pictures that were presented to be colored in. This cartridge contains pictures of Marvel comics characters. I have included images of the circuit board, as well as a scan of the manual. I do not have the expertise to dump the ROMs, and there is no working emulation. Thus, I tried to preserve the content in other ways. All screenshots from...
Topics: Marvel, LJN, superheroes
This was one of a series of video storybooks produced by the company Tele-Story during the late 1980s. There is no animation, instead showing hand-pained still images. The images were taken from a picture book produced by Tele-Story and Superscope around 1975. The audio used for the VHS tape was originally on an audio cassette that came with the picture book. This tape contains the classic bible stories "Noah & The Ark" and "Joshua & The Battle of Jericho"
Topics: 1980s, tele-story, VHS, bible, bible stories
This was a VHS game released for the Bandai Telebikko game console (or Terebikko) in 1988. The Telebikko was a very simple game console in the shape of a phone with four buttons. As the tape played, the characters asked the player questions, and an audio tone from the tape told the console which button corresponded to the correct answer. Then, the user would choose the button that matched their chosen answer and the console speaker would let them know if they were correct. This tape focuses on...
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Topics: Telebikko, terebikko, educational, VHS
Title - Count On It Catalog ID - 7-277-8 System - Tiger 2-XL Robot Year - 1994 Languages - English Scan Info: DPI - 1200 Bit Depth - 24 RAW - Yes Scanner make & model - Epson V600 Items scanned - Tape and Box Post Processing: TIFF - Untouched with ICC/ICM profile attached
Topics: Box, Cartridge, Manual, 1990s, Tiger 2-XL, Tiger 2-XL Robot, Raw, 1200DPI, VGSC, VGPC, VGDB
Title - Au Pays Des Contes Catalog ID - Unknown System - Tiger 2-XL Robot Year - 1992 Languages - French Scan Info: DPI - 1200 Bit Depth - 24 RAW - Yes Scanner make & model - Epson V600 Items scanned - Tape and Box Post Processing: TIFF - Untouched with ICC/ICM profile attached
Topics: Raw, 1200DPI, tape, Box, Cartridge, 1990s, Tiger 2-XL, Tiger 2-XL Robot
Title - Dinos Monster und Gespenster Catalog ID - Unknown System - Tiger 2-XL Robot Year - 1994 Languages - German Scan Info: DPI - 1200 Bit Depth - 24 RAW - Yes Scanner make & model - Epson V600 Items scanned - Tape and Box Post Processing: TIFF - Untouched with ICC/ICM profile attached
Topics: Raw, 1200DPI, Tiger, Tape, Tiger 2-XL, Tiger 2-XL Robot, Cartridge, VGSC, VGPC, VGDB, Box
This was a "Photofact Folder" produced for the Wollensak T-1500 reel-to-reel tape recorder for 1958. It contains descriptions of the different components, instructions for operation, a parts list, detailed diagrams, and instructions for repairing common problems. I'm not familiar with the idea of "Photofact Folders" for products. I would treat this item more as a service manual, or perhaps even an owners manual from the days when it was more normal for people to buy a...
Topics: reel-to-reel, reel-to-reel tape deck, tape deck, 1950s, vintage audio
Title - Unser Planet Erde Catalog ID - Unknown System - Tiger 2-XL Robot Year - 1993 Languages - German Scan Info: DPI - 1200 Bit Depth - 24 RAW - Yes Scanner make & model - Epson V600 Items scanned - Tape and Box Post Processing: TIFF - Untouched with ICC/ICM profile attached
Topics: Tiger, Tiger 2-XL, Tiger 2-XL Robot, Raw, 1200DPI, Tape, Cartridge, VGSC, VGPC, VGDB, Box
Title - Voyage Intersideral Catalog ID - Unknown System - Tiger 2-XL Robot Year - 1992 Languages - French Scan Info: DPI - 1200 Bit Depth - 24 RAW - Yes Scanner make & model - Epson V600 Items scanned - Tape and Box Post Processing: TIFF - Untouched with ICC/ICM profile attached
Topics: 1990s, Box, Cartridge, Tiger 2-XL, Tiger 2-XL Robot, VGSC, VGPC, VGDB
Title - Das Glaubt Kein Mensch Catalog ID - Unknown System - Tiger 2-XL Robot Year - 1993 Languages - German Scan Info: DPI - 1200 Bit Depth - 24 RAW - Yes Scanner make & model - Epson V600 Items scanned - Tape and Box Post Processing: TIFF - Untouched with ICC/ICM profile attached
Topics: Raw, 1200DPI, Cartridge, Tiger, Tiger 2-XL, Tiger 2-XL Robot, Tape, VGSC, VGPC, VGDB, Box
The Mego 2-XL Robot was a toy robot which used 8-track tape cartridges to play trivia games. The four different programs were swapped between over the course of the game as the player selected different answers. This enabled the robot to give feedback based on the different answers. This cartridge is a mixture of working out problems from the booklet and using 2-XL as a calculator. The calculator portion involves 2-XL picking two numbers, the player selecting the operation, and then 2-XL...
Topics: Mego, 1970s, edutainment
Around 1987, toy company LJN released a game console known as the VideoArt. All of the games were very simple paint programs with the difference being the pictures that were presented to be colored in. This cartridge contains pictures of Looney Tunes characters. I do not have the expertise to dump the ROMs, and there is no working emulation. Thus, I tried to preserve the content in other ways. I have included images of the circuit board, as well as a scan of the manual. All screenshots from the...
Topics: LJN, videoart, game cartridges, Looney Tunes
Around 1987, toy company LJN released a game console known as the VideoArt. All of the games were very simple paint programs with the difference being the pictures that were presented to be colored in. This cartridge contains pictures of various zoo animals. For some reason, all of the descriptions in the manuals are limericks. I do not have the expertise to dump the ROMs, and there is no working emulation. Thus, I tried to preserve the content in other ways. I have included images of the...
Topics: LJN, VideoArt, children's toys, animals
Title - Le Monde des Animaux Catalog ID - Unknown System - Tiger 2-XL Robot Year - 1992 Languages - French Scan Info: DPI - 1200 Bit Depth - 24 RAW - Yes Scanner make & model - Epson V600 Items scanned - Tape and Box Post Processing: TIFF - Untouched with ICC/ICM profile attached
Topics: tape, Cartridge, Box, 1990s, Tiger, Tiger 2-XL, Tiger 2-XL Robot, VGPC, VGSC, VGDB
This was one of the VHS tapes produced for the Connor Videosmarts game console, released in 1986 by Connor Electronics. This one focuses on teaching the alphabet.
Topics: puppets, videosmarts, computersmarts, educational, VHS
Title - Rires et Jeux Catalog ID - Unknown System - Tiger 2-XL Robot Year - 1992 Languages - French Scan Info: DPI - 1200 Bit Depth - 24 RAW - Yes Scanner make & model - Epson V600 Items scanned - Tape and Box Post Processing: TIFF - Untouched with ICC/ICM profile attached
Topics: Tiger 2-XL, Tiger 2-XL Robot, tape, Cartridge, Box, 1990s, VGSC, VGPC, VGDB
The Mego 2-XL Robot was a toy robot which used 8-track tape cartridges to play trivia games. The four different programs were swapped between over the course of the game as the player selected different answers. This enabled the robot to give feedback based on the different answers. This was the second tape in a two tape set that came with the board game Robotrivia. The tape consists of two programs that run parallel to each other. The first program only uses the A and B buttons, while the...
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Topics: Mego, 2-XL, 1980s, trivia
Around 1987, toy company LJN released a game console known as the VideoArt. All of the games were very simple paint programs with the difference being the pictures that were presented to be colored in. This cartridge contains pictures of various Disney characters. I have included images of the circuit board, as well as a scan of the manual. I do not have the expertise to dump the ROMs, and there is no working emulation. Thus, I tried to preserve the content in other ways. All screenshots from...
Topics: LJN, VideoArt
Title - Die Welt des 2-XL Catalog ID - Unknown System - Tiger 2-XL Robot Year - 1993 Languages - German Scan Info: DPI - 1200 Bit Depth - 24 RAW - Yes Scanner make & model - Epson V600 Items scanned - Tape Post Processing: TIFF - Untouched with ICC/ICM profile attached
Topics: Tape, Tiger, Tiger 2-XL, Tiger 2-XL Robot, Raw, 1200DPI, Cartridge, VGPC, VGSC, VGDB
After the success of the original Mego 2-XL in the early 80s, the toy company Tiger decided to bring it back in early 90s. The Tiger 2-XL used compact cassettes split into four mono programs, rather than the 8-track tapes of the original. It mostly consisted of educational games and "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories. This tape was a licensing of the Nickelodeon show "Are you Afraid of the Dark?". It contains choices related to which character to follow, as well as which...
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Topics: Tiger, 2-XL, CYOA, Are you afraid of the dark
After the success of the original Mego 2-XL in the early 80s, the toy company Tiger decided to bring it back in early 90s. The Tiger 2-XL used compact cassettes split into four mono programs, rather than the 8-track tapes of the original. It mostly consisted of educational games and "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories. In this tape, 2-XL asks a wide variety of trivia questions. However, the show is hijacked part-way through by a pirate. 2-XL is able to fight back and regain control...
Topics: tiger, 2XL, CYOA, edutainment
This was a VHS game released for the Bandai Telebikko game console (or Terebikko) in 1988. The Telebikko was a very simple game console in the shape of a phone with four buttons. As the tape played, the characters asked the player questions, and an audio tone from the tape told the console which button corresponded to the correct answer. Then, the user would choose the button that matched their chosen answer and the console speaker would let them know if they were correct. This tape focuses on...
Topics: Japanese, educational, VHS, telebikko, terebikko
Throughout the mid 1970s through the late 1980s, the company Superscope produced various audio cassettes for the purpose of education and classic storytelling. This tape discusses manners. It is framed by two children who forget their manners being told a story by their grandmother about her own childhood struggles with manners.
Topics: 1980s, children
In 1988, the View-Master Ideal Group released their "View-Master Interactive Vision" game console. It used VHS tapes and combined the footage with graphics that were rendered by the console. These graphics are used to form simple games. The console itself had a controller that looks a bit like a fishing rod, with five buttons and a joystick. The graphics appear to be constructed based on a barcode that is present on the right side of the video frame. Also, there is a hidden audio...
Topics: View-Master Interactive Vision, VHS, edutainment, video game
After the success of the original Mego 2-XL in the early 80s, the toy company Tiger decided to bring it back in early 90s. The Tiger 2-XL used compact cassettes split into four mono programs, rather than the 8-track tapes of the original. It mostly consisted of educational games and "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories. The "World of 2-XL" tape was the introductory tape for the 2-XL in the U.S., as well as several other countries. The "Il Mondo di 2-XL" tape is the...
Topics: 2-XL, 1990s, trivia
This was an early listing for the Mego 2-XL robot in the 1978 Montgomery Ward catalog. Some of the tape names are a bit off. "Sports" was renamed as "Sports Fun", "Science Fiction" was renamed as "Science Fiction Fun", and "Games and Puzzles 1" was renamed as "Games, Puzzles, and Riddles". Also, the 2-XL robot appears to be a prototype, as he is gray, while the released model was brown.
Topics: Mego, 2-XL, 1970s, Montgomery Ward, magazine
The Mego 2-XL Robot was a toy robot which used 8-track tape cartridges to play trivia games. The four different programs were swapped between over the course of the game as the player selected different answers. This enabled the robot to give feedback based on the different answers. This was a simple cartridge with two different sets of questions. Both sets were true/false type questions. The first set used Button A and Button B. The second set used Button C and Button D. The two sets of...
Topics: mego, 2-XL, trivia, edutainment, 1970s
The Mego 2-XL Robot was a toy robot which used 8-track tape cartridges to play trivia games. The four different programs were swapped between over the course of the game as the player selected different answers. This enabled the robot to give feedback based on the different answers. This was the first of two tapes used with "Robotstronomy", which was one of the board games that worked with the 2-XL robot. In this game, you move forward or backward a number of squares on the board as...
Topics: Mego 2-XL, edutainment, board game, 1980s
Title - Buchstaben Karussell Catalog ID - Unknown System - Tiger 2-XL Robot Year - 1994 Languages - German Scan Info: DPI - 1200 Bit Depth - 24 RAW - Yes Scanner make & model - Epson V600 Items scanned - Tape Post Processing: TIFF - Untouched with ICC/ICM profile attached
Topics: Cartridge, 1200DPI, Raw, Tape, Tiger, Tiger 2-XL, Tiger 2-XL Robot, VGSC, VGPC, VGDB
Title - Sensationelle Weltrekorde Catalog ID - Unknown System - Tiger 2-XL Robot Year - 1993 Languages - German Scan Info: DPI - 1200 Bit Depth - 24 RAW - Yes Scanner make & model - Epson V600 Items scanned - Tape Post Processing: TIFF - Untouched with ICC/ICM profile attached
Topics: 1200DPI, Raw, Tape, Cartridge, Tiger, Tiger 2-XL, Tiger 2-XL Robot, VGSC, VGPC, VGDB
Title - Geschichten die Noch Keiner Kennt Catalog ID - Unknown System - Tiger 2-XL Robot Year - 1993 Languages - German Scan Info: DPI - 1200 Bit Depth - 24 RAW - Yes Scanner make & model - Epson V600 Items scanned - Tape Post Processing: TIFF - Untouched with ICC/ICM profile attached
Topics: Raw, 1200DPI, Tape, Tiger, Tiger 2-XL, Tiger 2-XL Robot, Cartridge, VGSC, VGPC, VGDB
In 1996, Philips planned to launch their In2It game console. It was an educational handheld console with a touch screen that used a stylus. The console also had infrared communication and a smart card reader. The games were on smart cards, which are similar to chip-based credit cards. There were 16 different cards that were produced. Six of these cards were used for enabling basic features on the console, such as saving text, sounds, and animations off the console. There were nine different...
Topics: Philips, In2It, Manual, 1990s, game console
This was one of the VHS tapes produced for the Connor Videosmarts game console, released in 1986 by Connor Electronics. This one is for teaching young children about vowel sounds.
Topics: puppets, videosmarts, computersmarts, educational
Around 1987, toy company LJN released a game console known as the VideoArt. All of the games were very simple paint programs with the difference being the pictures that were presented to be colored in. This cartridge contains pictures of various vehicles. It all seems to be everyday vehicles at first with fire trucks and helicopters. However it takes an unexpected term with a tank and a Naval destroyer. I do not have the expertise to dump the ROMs, and there is no working emulation. Thus, I...
Topics: LJN, children's toys, VideoArt, vehicles
This is a rare press photo from the release of the Connor Videosmarts VHS-based game console in October of 1986.
Topics: 1980s, Connor Toy Corporation, Connor Electronics, VHS, console, educational
This was one of a series of video storybooks produced by the company Tele-Story during the late 1980s. There is no animation, instead showing hand-pained still images. The images were taken from a picture book produced by Tele-Story and Superscope around 1975. The audio used for the VHS tape was originally on an audio cassette that came with the picture book. This tape contains the classic bible stories "David & Goliath" and "Samson & Goliath"
Topics: 1980s, Tele-Story, VHS, bible, bible stories
The Mego 2-XL Robot was a toy robot which used 8-track tape cartridges to play trivia games. The four different programs were swapped between over the course of the game as the player selected different answers. This enabled the robot to give feedback based on the different answers. This was the first tape in a two tape set that came with the board game Robotrivia. The tape consists of two programs that run parallel to each other. The first program only uses the A and B buttons, while the...
Topics: Mego, 1980s, 2-XL, trivia, board game
The View-Master Interactive Vision was a children's edutainment console from 1988. The games were held on VHS tapes consisted of VHS footage with computer graphics generated over the footage. This was done by playing the tape in the VCR and passing the video signal through the console. The console would identify game code hidden in the video signal (the barcode on the right side of the frame) and use this to generate the graphics in real time. This enabled a mixture of full-motion-video and...
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Topics: VMIV, View-Master Interatcive Vision, Sesame Street
The Video Driver (known as the Family Driver in Japan) is an obscure video game console released by Sega in 1988. The console consisted of a bar that hung down in front of the television. A tiny plastic car, representing the player, was placed on top of it. This car was controlled using the wired steering wheel controller. The games were held on VHS tapes and contained dashcam footage with a black and white bar at the bottom that was used to tell the console which parts of the screen were...
Topics: Sega, Video Driver, VHS
After the success of the original Mego 2-XL in the early 80s, the toy company Tiger decided to bring it back in early 90s. The Tiger 2-XL used compact cassettes split into four mono programs, rather than the 8-track tapes of the original. It mostly consisted of educational games and "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories. In this tape, John Kassir reprises his role as the Cryptkeeper. He tells a CYOA story about a child name Billy Atkins, who meets a mysterious figure offering a magic...
Topics: Tiger 2-XL, CYOA, Tales from the Crypt
After the success of the original Mego 2-XL in the early 80s, the toy company Tiger decided to bring it back in early 90s. The Tiger 2-XL used compact cassettes split into four mono programs, rather than the 8-track tapes of the original. It mostly consisted of educational games and "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories. "Avventura Nello Spazio" (Space Adventure) was an educational tape released in Italy in 1992. It appears to have been the Italian version of the U.S. tape...
Topics: 1990s, Tiger, trivia, Italian, educational
The Mego 2-XL Robot was a toy robot which used 8-track tape cartridges to play trivia games. The four different programs were swapped between over the course of the game as the player selected different answers. This enabled the robot to give feedback based on the different answers. This tape was directed at older users, as it was released in 1978 and contains questions about subjects from the 1950s and 1960s. It is a very simple tape with two sets of questions. One set uses the first and...
Topics: mego 2-xl, robot, 1970s, trivia
This was one of a series of video storybooks produced by the company Tele-Story during the late 1980s. There is no animation, instead showing hand-painted still images. The images were taken from a picture book produced by Tele-Story and Superscope around 1975. The audio used for the VHS tape was originally on an audio cassette that came with the picture book. This tape contains the classic fairy tales of "Cinderella" and "Jack and the Beanstalk".
Topics: Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, fairy tales, VHS, 1980s
This flier was an attempt to pitch the Mego 2-XL robot to schools, with special offerings that were not sold to the regular market. First, this 2-XL unit would have a headphone jack, which was not present on the regular model. Second, many of the tapes would come with 8x11 inch workbooks, rather than the small workbooks that were common with the retail 2-XL tapes. Finally, the tapes are listed in four assortments. The first assortment was released in the retail market, but the other three were...
Topics: Mego, 2-XL, 1970s, Scholastic
In 1988, the View-Master Ideal Group released their "View-Master Interactive Vision" game console. It used VHS tapes and combined the footage with graphics that were rendered by the console. The graphics were used to form simple games. The console itself had a controller that looks a bit like a fishing rod, with five buttons and a joystick. The graphics appear to be constructed based on a barcode that is present on the right side of the video frame. Also, there is a hidden audio track...
Topics: VHS, edutainment, View-Master Interactive Vision, Disney, videogame
Around 1998, YES! Entertainment Corporation, Shoot the Moon Products Inc, and Alchemy II Inc worked together to produce a new iteration of the Teddy Ruxpin animatronic teddy bear. In this version, there were six VHS movies, which were abridged re-releases of the original 1980s movies. In this release, there was a "TV Talk Box" that hooked up to both the VCR and the Teddy Ruxpin toy. This was a coloring book that came with the TV Talk Box.
Topics: 1990s, Teddy Ruxpin, animatronic, coloring book
The Mego 2-XL Robot was a toy robot which used 8-track tape cartridges to play trivia games. The four different programs were swapped between over the course of the game as the player selected different answers. This enabled the robot to give feedback based on the different answers. This is a fairly simple program. Two tracks interact with each other for handling true/false questions. A third track features around 20 minutes of disco music to exercise to, with 2-XL interjecting to tell jokes...
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Topics: 2-XL, Mego, 1970s, exercise, trivia
Around 1987, toy company LJN released a game console known as the VideoArt. All of the games were very simple paint programs with the difference being the pictures that were resented to be colored in. The LJN Activity Cartridge was included with the system. I have included images of the circuit board. I don't believe that this cartridge ever had a manual, but I have included the manual for the console itself. I do not have the necessary expertise to dump the ROMs, and there is no working...
Topics: LJN, VideoArt, game cartridges
This was a VHS game released for the Bandai Telebikko game console (or Terebikko) in 1988. The Telebikko was a very simple game console in the shape of a phone with four buttons. As the tape played, the characters asked the player questions, and an audio tone from the tape told the console which button corresponded to the correct answer. Then, the user would choose the button that matched their chosen answer and the console speaker would let them know if they were correct.
Topics: educational, Japanese, VHS
After the success of the original Mego 2-XL in the early 80s, the toy company Tiger decided to bring it back in early 90s. The Tiger 2-XL used compact cassettes split into four mono programs, rather than the 8-track tapes of the original. It mostly consisted of educational games and "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories. "Il Mondo Dello Sport" (The World of Sports) was an educational tape released in Italy in 1992. It appears to have been the Italian version of the U.S....
Topics: 1990s, trivia, Tiger, Italian, educational
After the success of the original Mego 2-XL in the early 80s, the toy company Tiger decided to bring it back in early 90s. The Tiger 2-XL used compact cassettes split into four mono programs, rather than the 8-track tapes of the original. It mostly consisted of educational games and "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories. The title is self-explanatory. This was an educational tape discussing the Earth. This cartridge was originally digitized by Mouser of DonationCoder.com for the 2-XL...
Topics: 2-XL, Tiger, edutainment
Title - Abenteuer Weltall Catalog ID - Unknown System - Tiger 2-XL Robot Year - 1993 Languages - German Scan Info: DPI - 1200 Bit Depth - 24 RAW - Yes Scanner make & model - Epson V600 Items scanned - Tape Post Processing: TIFF - Untouched with ICC/ICM profile attached
Topics: Cartridge, 1200DPI, Raw, Tape, Tiger, Tiger 2-XL, Tiger 2-XL Robot, VGSC, VGPC, VGDB
In 1988, the View-Master Ideal Group released their "View-Master Interactive Vision" game console. It used VHS tapes and combined the footage with graphics that were rendered by the console. The graphics appear to be constructed based on a barcode that is present on the right side of the video frame. Also, there is a hidden audio track that is visible as a waveform on the left side. At times, player choice can access this alternate track to give the impression of different paths...
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Topics: View-Master Interactive Vision, VHS, edutainment, video game
After the success of the original Mego 2-XL in the early 80s, the toy company Tiger decided to bring it back in early 90s. The Tiger 2-XL used compact cassettes split into four mono programs, rather than the 8-track tapes of the original. It mostly consisted of educational games and "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories. "Das Glaubt Kein Mensch" (Nobody Believes That) was released in Germany in 1993. It is believed to be the German equivalent of the U.S. tape "Fascinating...
Topics: 1990s, Germany, 2-XL, trivia
Around 1987, toy company LJN released a game console known as the VideoArt. All of the games were very simple paint programs with the difference being the pictures that were presented to be colored in. This cartridge contains pictures of Disney characters. Because the LJN VideoArt does not erase whatever you draw whenever you switch backgrounds, they tried to use this to tell a story. They show you the image one piece at a time, and you color that part in before moving on to the next one. This...
Topics: LJN, VideoArt, children's toys
This was one of the VHS tapes produced for the Connor Computersmarts game console, released in 1987 by Connor Electronics. This one appears to be an instructional video on how to use the console.
Topics: puppets, educational, videosmarts, computersmarts, VHS
After the success of the original Mego 2-XL in the early 80s, the toy company Tiger decided to bring it back in early 90s. The Tiger 2-XL used compact cassettes split into four mono programs, rather than the 8-track tapes of the original. It mostly consisted of educational games and "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories. This particular tape is a "Choose Your Own Adventure" story with Batman investigating a carnival full of crime. This cartridge was originally digitzed by...
Topics: Tiger, 2-XL, edutainment, compact cassettes
This was the second of two manuals that were included with the Elektronika MK-52 calculator. The calculator was released in the Soviet Union beginning in 1983. It was manufactured until 1992. The manual is in the Russian language.
Topics: Elektronika, 1980s, 1990s, manual, ussr, calculator manual
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